American Activitst Dies in Iraq

I'm very sorry for Marla Ruzicka's family, and for Marla herself. My condolences to her family and friends:

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,153742,00.html

However, if this doesn't point out the the fact that Iraqi terrorists don't care who they kill I don't know what will. Ms. Ruzicka spent most of her time worrying about Iraqi civilians rather than US soldiers, and from the point of view that the US is the one causing the hardship for Iraqis. Just because she's now dead media seem to ignore that her efforts aided the terrorists at least as much as ordinary Iraqis. Stangely, even Fox downplays her anti-war mania and that of her organization.

The US took so many pains to avoid civilian casualties that many soldiers died or were wounded unnecesarily. Terrorists don't take the first pain to avoid innocent Iraqi deaths, THAT should be the big message in Ms. Ruzicka's death. But no, that might lead to a fair evaluation of the anti-US forces in Iraq - terrorists, murderers, and criminals. Then the media's favorite propaganda term - insurgents - no longer applies, can't have that.

Honestly, most Iraqis probably are 100% behind the US liberation of their country. In my view, groups like CIVIL encourage anti-US opinion in return for money to rebuild houses, businesses, etc. damaged by war. I bet most of the damage was done by terrorists and their IEDs, or by terrorists hiding in civilian areas, schools, and churches.

Also, CIVIL's stated goal of quantifying Iraqi civilian casualties is not for any altruistic, fair-minded accounting of the cause of innocent death. If and when they come up with a number, it will be released in such a way as to do the most damage to George Bush, the US, and our soldiers. I don't believe for a second that CIVIL will spend any time attempting to determine exactly who was at fault for any innocent Iraqi's death, they will all be laid on the doorstep of the US and George Bush. The fact that Iraqi terrorists and anti-freedom fighters, by FAR, killed more innocent Iraqis than the US, and even almost as much as Saddam before them, will be downplayed or huffed-off as US propaganda.

I'm sorry for Ms. Ruzicka's death, honestly and deeply. But these days an 'anti-war' activist is not really anti-war - they are 'anti-US-using-war-as-a-means-to-liberate-oppressed-people'. They don't give a crap that terrorists kill innocents left and right for money and power. That kind of 'war' is okay in their book, it's just when America attempts to protect and liberate freedom-loving, pro-democracy Iraqi dreamers that war is 'wrong'. Apparently Islamic Fascism is an easier means by which to someday attain the goal of most anti-war protesters: a world socialist/communist government. After a couple decades of tyrannical Islamic government, tyrannical socialism/communism probably looks pretty good to the ignorant.

Adios MF,

Doug